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Meaning of way

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  way
      adv 1: to a great degree or by a great distance; very much
             (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way
             over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill
             is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn:
             {way}, {right smart}]
      n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
           manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
           of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
           lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
           {manner}, {mode}, {style}, {way}, {fashion}]
      2: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of
         control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction";
         "the true way to success" [syn: {means}, {agency}, {way}]
      3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other
         direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: {direction},
         {way}]
      4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I
         felt the same way"
      5: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our
         separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius
         usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: {way}, {path},
         {way of life}]
      6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage
         from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the
         way out"
      7: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
      8: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly
         enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: {room}, {way}, {elbow
         room}]
      9: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to
         Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
      10: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
      11: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the
          way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
      12: a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the
          loot three ways"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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